The museum was currently closed because of coronavirus restrictions (Peter Dejong/AP)A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, police and the museum said. The Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam said that “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884” by the Dutch master was taken in the early hours of Monday. The value of the work, which was on loan from the Groninger Museum in the northern Dutch city of Groningen, was not immediately known. “I’m shocked and unbelievably annoyed that this has happened,” said Singer Laren museum director Jan Rudolph de Lorm. “This beautiful and moving painting by one of our greatest artists stolen – removed from the community,” he added.

Source: Irish Independent March 30, 2020 13:52 UTC